Acetylene-generator.



No. 828,677. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

'E. FONBONNE. AGETYLBNE GENERATOR.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV.16, 1905.

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AGETYLENE GENERATOR.

ArLIoArIoN FILED Nov. 16, 1905.

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ANDREW. s. GRAHAM co,. PHorc-Llwosmvnsns. wAsmNmoN. D4 :A

l UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

EUGENE EoNBoNNE, ont ANTwEEr, EELGTUM.

y .AcErifLENE-GENEa RATo-R..

'Specification ofLetters `.-latent.

y .atented. June .19,1906.'

Application ned-Newman, 1995. serial-No. 2am-56s.

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n subject ot a `compartment-drum indirectly vrotated by a sinking gasometer-bell, whereby the covers vof the numerous compartmentsarranged in circumferential rows and formed by Aradial division-walls and disks arranged at right anglesto said walls are successively opened while the locking means of said covers--are striking against a pin. yTo movethis striking-pin periodically Vfrom one row of ycompartments to another, each ot said ldisks but the last two is provided with al circumferential slot, through Vwhich a nose of a -weightcontrolled slide-bar passes `after one row of I compartments has been emptied, and thus Y next row in order to open t ermits the pin to come into contact with the ocking means of the comv i em successively too, after which the nose ot the slide-bar passes through the circumterentialslot ot the next (disk, and so on until all the compartments are emptied.

in' the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is V a cross-section ot the carbidffeeding device.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view ot the feeding device and parts of the acetylene# generator. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view Aof the generator with the compartmentdrum.

In the acetylene-generator 1 the three sloping' partitions 2, 3, and 4 are arranged to prevent the generated gasesto .ascend to the upper part ot l them to collecty in the space lying below the partition', whence they enter the pipe 5 to e conducted to the gasometer-b l. (Not shown.) The cap Ggives'ffree access to the. interior of the generator 1,1which-is also provided with a hand-hole 7 and a cock 8 for cleaning purposes.

The drum A contains the compartments B tor the reception of the carbid and consists ot a number ot disks 9, between which radial the King ot Belgium, residing at such as will enable othersY artments ot the.

l the generator 1 ,and t the generator, but to compel .division-walls 10 are-arranged, whose inner edges -bear against la tube 10, vheld between the jtwo end disks 9. Each oi-said compartments thus formed holdsa certain quantity oi carbid and is provided witha 'hinged cover 111, which is kept .closed by the ,lateral proyjection112 leta spring 12 attached to -oneot the radial division-walls 10. These vprojections i12-rest upon the ins 13 otthecovers 11 and keep the'lattervc osed until Vthe springs 12 are gsutliciently ben-tto give Vthe pins 13 Jfree. "The drum YA thus 'termed is .keyedto the shaft 14,-whichvis journaledin :theibearings 1-4, supported by thevsides oi 'theY ener-ator'l. 'To vthe projecting end ofthes aft 14 a r-atchet-wheell' is keyed, which coper- -ates with the pawl 16 o't thelooselyrnounted chain-wheel 17.

The chain 18, attached withoneot its lends to the gasometer-bell, (notshown is held in contact with the Vunder side ,of the chainvwheel r17 passes upward overthe bracket'1s8,

and carries at its.,other..end.a weight 19, so

that the ychain 18 isalwayskept taut,no matter whether the '.gasometer-be'll .ascendsbr descends. When the latter ascends, .the

'chain-wheel 17 rotates in thefdirection lindicated by thearrowshown in SFig. 3, durmg whichoperation thedrum, with its filled compartments x B, cannot .be. rotated, since .the pawl 116 slides backwardfover the teeth Vot said ratchet-wheel15. vWhen, however, the

gas contained in the gasometer-bell is quicker consumed thanl new as can be generated in eretore the gasometerbell sinks,the chai-n 1:8will bedrawntoward the rleft, and thus make the chain-wheel 17 rotate the opposite directiomwhereby the awl' 16 bears against one'toi the teeth of the `ratchet-wheell 15 and coiiels the latter and ythe drum A, with all its `B, 'to rotate.

ed compartments To open the lowermost compartment ,B of aprow otcompartments in order'to -set its lcontents `tree .to idrop intov the water conf-tained in the'lower part of the .generatorgand serve tor the generation of new acetylene, the

ot :said compartment comes `into spring 12/v or projection 20,., secu-red contact .with alpin toy a slide-bar 21, which retains thev spring 12 ydu-ring the advanceot the circumference ot the drum A until the contents of the compartment to which this spring belongs have dro ped into the water below.

T e slide-bar 21 carries the pin 20 and is guided in the eyes 21 secured to the sides of IOO the generator l, by which bar the nose 22 is carried too. To the handle 21 of the slidebar 21 is attached one end of a chain 21', which is led over the guide-disk 23, journaled in a bracket 24 of the generator 1 and carries on its other end a weight 25. By means of this arrangement the nose 22 is kept in contact with the outer disk 9, and thus obliges the pin to retain its position shown in Fig.

2 until all the compartments lying between the first two disks have been opened and their contents employed for the generation of new acetylene.

To bring the pin 20 into a position to open the covers of the compartments lying between the second and third disk of the drum A, the first disk is provided with a circumferential slot 26, through which the nose 22 is drawn under the influence of the Weight 25 as soon as the drum A has completed one revolution, whereby the weight 25 will draw the slide-bar 21 forward until the nose 22 comes into contact with the second disk 9. The pin 2O is now in a position to contact successively with the springs l2 of the compartments of the second row and will remain there until every compartment of this row has been emptied, after which the nose 22 passes through the slot 26 of the second disk 9 to permit the pin 20 to take up the necessary position for opening the covers of the third row of compartments, and-so on, until all compartments B of the drum A have been emptied.

To prevent the nose 22 from passing at once through all the slots 26 of the slotted disks 9, these slots are arranged out of line, as shown in Figs. l and 3, to make the nose 22 strike the next disk after it has passed the slot of the disk which prevented its advance till this very moment.

' After all compartments have been emptied the slide-bar 21 is pushed back and the drum A sufficiently rotated to let the nose 22 pass through the slots of the several disks until it has reached the outer side of the end disk to be pressed anew against it under` the influence of the weight 25. The compartments are relled after the cap 6 has been removed, whereupon the cycle of operations may be repeated.

1. A carbid-feeding device for acetylenegenerators comprising arotatable drum, compartments arran ed in a circumferential row or rows in said dgrum, a cover for each compartment, a locking device for each cover, disks partly forming the walls of said compartments and all but the last two provided with a radial slot in their projecting circumference, a slide-b ar arranged belowsaid drum, means on said slide-bar to contact successively with the locking devices of said covers to open the latter, a nose on said slide-bar to pass successively through said slots afterhaving been kept in contact with each of said slotted disks during one revolution of said drum, and means for advancing said slidebar when said nose registers with any of said circumferential slots.

2. A carbid-feeding device for acetylenegenerators comprising a rotatable drum, compartments arranged in a circumferential row or rows in said drum, a hinged cover for each compartment, an elastic locking device for each cover, disks partly forming the walls of said compartments and all but the last two providedwith a radial slot in their projecting circumference, a drumshaft, driving means thereon to rotate said drum when driven in one direction and leave said drum stationary when driven in the opposite direction, a slide-bar arranged beneath said drum, means on said slide-bar to contact successively with said elastic locking devices to open said covers, a nose on said slide-bar to pass after each revolution of said drum through one of said radial disk-slots, and means for keeping said nose successively in contact with said slotted disks and advance said slide-bar when said nose registers with any one of said slots.

3. The combination with an acetylenegenerator of a rotatable drum, compartments arranged therein, a hinged cover for each compartment, locking means for each cover, a drum-shaft, driving means on said drum-shaft to rotate said drum when rotated in one direction and leave it stationary when rotated in the opposite direction, disks projectin T with their circumference over said covers and all but the last two provided with a radial slot, a weight-controlled slide-bar arranged beneath and adjacent to said drum, a contactpin on said slide-bar for opening said covers, and a nose on said slide-bar capable of passing through any one of said radial disk-slots after the adjacent row of compartments lying in the direction of travel of said slide-bar has been emptied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EUGNE FONBONNE.

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